The one who touchesthe corpseof anypersonshall be uncleanfor sevendays.
Depart,depart,goout from there,Touchnothingunclean;Goout of the midstof her, purifyyourselves, You who carrythe vesselsof the LORD.
They wandered,blind,in the streets;They were defiledwith bloodSo that noone couldtouchtheir garments.
"For sevenmonthsthe houseof Israelwill be buryingthem in orderto cleansethe land.
"Afterhe is cleansed,sevendaysshall elapsefor him.
Theseare to you the uncleanamong allthe swarmingthings;whoevertouchesthem when they are deadbecomesuncleanuntilevening.
Then the LORDsaidto Moses,"Speakto the priests,the sonsof Aaron,and sayto them: 'Noone shall defilehimself for a [dead] personamong his people,
norshall he approachanydeadperson,nordefilehimself [even] for his fatheror his mother;
Nomanof the descendantsof Aaron,whois a leperorwho has a discharge,may eatof the holy[gifts] untilhe is clean.And if one touchesanythingmade uncleanby a corpseorif a manhasa seminalemission,
Orifa persontouchesanyuncleanthing,whethera carcassof an uncleanbeastorthe carcassof uncleancattleora carcassof uncleanswarmingthings,though it is hiddenfrom him and he is unclean,then he will be guilty.
Then Haggaisaid,"Ifone who is uncleanfrom a corpsetouchesanyof these,will [the latter] becomeunclean?"And the priestsanswered,"It will becomeunclean."
Also, anyonewhoin the openfieldtouchesonewhohas been slainwith a swordorwho has died[naturally], ora humanboneora grave,shall be uncleanfor sevendays.
"And you, campoutsidethe campsevendays;whoeverhas killedany personand whoeverhas touchedany slain,purifyyourselves, you and your captives,on the thirddayand on the seventhday.
"Commandthe sonsof Israelthat they sendawayfrom the campeveryleperand everyonehaving a dischargeand everyonewho is uncleanbecause of a [dead] person.
Allthe daysof his separationto the LORDhe shall not gonear to a deadperson.
"Speakto the sonsof Israel,saying,'Ifanyoneof you orof your generationsbecomesuncleanbecause of a [dead] person,oris on a distantjourney,he may, however, observethe Passoverto the LORD.
But there were [some] menwhowere uncleanbecause of [the] deadperson,so that they couldnot observePassoveron that day;so they camebeforeMosesand Aaronon that day.
ThenPaultookthe men,and the nextday,purifyinghimself alongwith them, wentinto the templegiving noticeof the completionof the daysof purification,untilthe sacrificewas offeredfor eachoneof them.
Whenthe sevendayswere almostover,the Jewsfrom Asia,upon seeinghim in the temple,[began] to stirup allthe crowdand laidhandson him,
Therefore,justas throughonemansinenteredinto the world,and deaththroughsin,and sodeathspreadto allmen,becauseallsinned--
"Therefore,COMEOUT FROM THEIR MIDSTAND BE SEPARATE,"saysthe Lord."AND DO NOT TOUCHWHAT IS UNCLEAN;And I will welcomeyou.
And you were deadin your trespassesand sins,
how muchmorewill the bloodof Christ,whothroughthe eternalSpiritofferedHimselfwithout blemishto God,cleanseyour consciencefrom deadworksto servethe livingGod?
